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Shurmur Expected to be Fired

Shurmur expected to be fired
As Mike Holmgren moved aside in Cleveland, he left with the parting words of a man who felt as if progress had been made, even in the bottom-line business of winning in the NFL. Holmgren's best move as president was hiring Tom Heckert as general manager, and Heckert doesn't expect to survive a purge by [Joe Banner]. Holmgren also selected Pat Shurmur as head coach. ... Shurmur is expected to be fired unless there is a miraculous turn-around in the last nine games. When Holmgren talked about the table being set, he was referring to the personnel department headed by Heckert. He was also referring to Brandon Weeden, Trent Richardson, Josh Gordon and other young players added to the roster in the Holmgren-Heckert era.

The article on the News Herald apparently has been takend down but I got the article from SI.com. With stuff like this being brought out I don't see why Haslam/Banner just don't let him go during the bye week and have Jauron or Chilly fill in. The City, FO and players probably all know that he is finished.

Sorry. Yeah, its basically just speculation but I was surprised that if you go to SI.com that it is in their top story category. Very misleading but I guess when you put a question mark after something you can get a way with anything. They must be taking the ESPN approach:

"Brett Favre signing with the Dolphins?" - ESPN Reporting.

If I get another one of these damn security token crap things I am going to lose it.

But the thing is, coaches only do so much. Shurmur's not throwing 4 picks in a game and dropping game winning TD's or dropping game winning INT's lol.

So gotta get good players or we will be in the same spot with whoever the new coach is.

Tell San Francisco that theory with Mike Singletary to Jim Harbaugh. I get your point but Shurmur is also the guy putting them in awful situations not helping the fact nor even seeming like he is even that motivated to be there. Sometimes teams do take on their coaches personality. I do not want to root for a team that takes on Shurmurs personality. Depth would be nice as I think they are starting to carve out a good foundation for this team especially if Gordon doesn't let that drop get to him and Weeden continues to progress as he has.

Coaches put the players in a position to succeed. Not only on game days but the week leading up to it. It's become a common occurrence for us to be out coached and for our game plan to fizzle out. Not to mention he is awful with clock management. Shurmur is a below average coach, plain and simple. Holmgren took a chance and it failed. Now we have to move on.

Good get him the hell out of here he has no idea what is going on. I said this after he was a god awful OC for a Rams team that went 1-15. I mean good god, how did he even make it to final interviews after that? Only bc his uncle smokes with Holmgren or something...

Fact of the matter is, Haslam needs to sit down with Bill Cowher, open his check book, and say "What do you want? Ill pay it". This is our chance to get ahead for the future, we better not effing blow it. We could have had RG3 throwing to Juilo Jones. That right there is grounds for Haslam to clean house and get them all the hell out.

Although I will say that I think Heckert was facing pressure from Holmgren to adapt to this west Coast crap. Heckert had too many competitive teams in Philly for me to believe that he is this idiotic...then again, im sure Joe Banner was behind most of it. At least we have Banner. Does anyone know if he will take over GM responsibilites?

Also too, just bc im on the topic, whatever happened to George Kokinis, our GM for like 2 months lol

Joe Banner is known for being great at controlling the cap and keeping teams in a flexible position at all times. He's never had much control over the football aspect but that could change here. As for Kokinis, this article sums it up pretty well.

Good get him the hell out of here he has no idea what is going on. I said this after he was a god awful OC for a Rams team that went 1-15. I mean good god, how did he even make it to final interviews after that? Only bc his uncle smokes with Holmgren or something...

Fact of the matter is, Haslam needs to sit down with Bill Cowher, open his check book, and say "What do you want? Ill pay it". This is our chance to get ahead for the future, we better not effing blow it. We could have had RG3 throwing to Juilo Jones. That right there is grounds for Haslam to clean house and get them all the hell out.

Bill Cowher is not coming to Cleveland no matter what the money looks like. He is not going to come back to a team this young and still very raw. If he comes back at all it would most likely be to a team that is close to ready to contend for a Super Bowl which is not this team. Plus I would rather have someone that can grow with this team for 10-15 years rather than Cowher where if he does come back will probably be for nothing more than 5 years at the most trying to obtain another SB ring. Just don't see it happening bud.

Bill Cowher is not coming to Cleveland no matter what the money looks like. He is not going to come back to a team this young and still very raw. If he comes back at all it would most likely be to a team that is close to ready to contend for a Super Bowl which is not this team. Plus I would rather have someone that can grow with this team for 10-15 years rather than Cowher where if he does come back will probably be for nothing more than 5 years at the most trying to obtain another SB ring. Just don't see it happening bud.

Well put. Honestly the best option I've heard thus far was your mention of David Shaw. I really think he'd be a great fit with us.